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Thanks for the replies. I'm just a bit concerned because the ball joint seems to move a bit when I'm 'taking the strain' to undo the lock nut. So I paused the task to take advice here. Is that normal?

I've never done this job before. A while back on this forum (viewtopic.php?t=60024) someone suggested replacing the gaiter without removing the ball joint - presumably I suppose that means from the steering lever. Have I interpreted that correctly?